Collection of thirty-three (33) auction or sale catalogs, including thirty (30) from Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, with dates ranging from 1946-1968, and estates from notables such as Mrs. Andrew Carnegie (Dec. 1946); Harriett Pullman Schermerhorn (Mar. 1957); Robert Livingston Gerry Sr. (Mar. 1958); Marguerite Anna Keasbey (Jan. 1961); John Motley Morehead III (May 1965), and […]
Lot 608: 5 TN books incl. Davis's History of Memphis & Ramsey's Annals of TN
Five (5) Tennessee-related books including history, geology, and rare book of Tennessee poetry. 1st item: HISTORY OF MEMPHIS, by James. D. Davis, published by Hite, Crumpton & Kelly, Memphis, 1873. 1st edition, with John Overton lithograph frontispiece. Includes information concerning many notable Tennesseans including Andrew Jackson and Davy Crockett. 7 5/8" H x 5 3/8" […]
Lot 605: Archive of 9 East TN Slave Related Documents, incl. Bills of Sale, Letters & Estate Inventories
1st item: Handwritten slave bill of sale between John Gibson and Thomas Whitsed for a nine-year-old girl named Sarah for two hundred twenty-five dollars, dated February 13, 1841. 2nd item: Handwritten slave bill of sale between R. H. Armstrong and Albert Sullenbarger on behalf of Eliza Brewster for an eleven-year-old girl named Ann for eight […]
Lot 574: Civil War Quarter Plate Ambrotype of Soldier, Washington Monument Case
Cased Civil War quarter-plate ambrotype depicting a seated soldier, possibly Confederate, attired in partial military uniform with a letter or folded paper in his shirt pocket and with his left arm on a draped table. Housed in a carved gutta percha Washington Monument, Richmond case having an interior red velvet liner and foliate engraved gilt […]
Lot 571: Group of 3 Civil War Related CDVs, incl. TN William Milburn, & Union Officer Ambrotype
Group of 3 Civil War Related CDVs, incl. TN William Milburn, & Union officer ambrotype, 4 items.1st-3rd items: Three (3) Civil War era carte de visite (CDV) including: one (1) depicting William Elbert Milburn (1844-1925), Chaplain 8th Tennessee Cavalry, United States Army, taken at Smiley's Photograph Gallery, in Knoxville, TN; one (1) depicting a young, […]
Lot 563: Admiral John Winslow's 13 Star Flag
Rear Admiral John Ancrum Winslow's U.S. Navy 13 Star Boat Flag, possibly used during the historic Civil War naval victory of the USS Kearsarge over the CSS Alabama on June 19, 1864 off the coast of Cherbourg, France, and descended in his family along with several other Kearsarge/Winslow family objects in this auction. The entirely […]
Lot 560: Civil War Diary of William W. Goodwin, CSA, Nashville TN
Diary of William W. Goodwin of Tennessee, who participated in the Confederate Cavalry under Nathan Bedford Forrest and Gen. William Hicks Jackson (owner of Nashville's Belle Meade Plantation) during the Civil War. William Washington Goodwin was born in Nashville in 1847 to attorney George Goodwin and Louisa Goodwin, making him about 17 years old at […]
Lot 556: 1863-1864 Civil War Journal of a East TN Union Infantry Soldier
Journal or diary of an unknown Union infantryman in the 2nd Regiment North Carolina Mounted Infantry, Company F, which was organized at Knoxville, TN in October 1863 and mustered out August 1865. The diary dates are from November 30, 1863 – October 10, 1864 with some pages containing dates that are not sequential. Most of […]
Lot 461: Danish Modern Rosewood Desk by Arne Wahl Iversen
Danish Modern rosewood Model 64 desk or vanity table designed by Arne Wahl Iversen for Vinde Mobelfabrik, Denmark. Top left drawer with brand reading FURNITURE MAKERS, DANISH, CONTROL and underside of stamped "No. 64, Made in Denmark" together with the VM logo. 32 1/2" H x 39" W x 27 1/2" D. Circa 1960's. CONDITION: […]
Lot 434: Blue Turkish Rug, Heriz Style, manner of Woven Legends
Large Turkish rug or carpet, Heriz style design, in the manner of Woven Legends, wool on wool construction, vegetable dyed. Woven in colors of blue, salmon, brown and cream. Thick pile. 147" H x 118 1/2" W. Circa Last quarter 20th cenutry. PROVENANCE: Property from the Collection of Jo Ann Cline Yates, Lookout Mountain Tennessee. […]
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